principle

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Pulte has not publicly advanced this principle recently.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Producers agreed to “a principle strongly favoring human performances” and that producers would only use a synthetic if it “brings significant additional value to the motion picture.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected way the immune system can attack cancer, a finding that challenges a long-standing principle in immunology and could lead to new approaches for cancer treatment and bone marrow transplantation.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Slavery violated the principle that all men are created equal, and excluding African-Americans from the franchise violated the 15th Amendment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

But as the weeks rolled on, he experienced firsthand the cardinal principle of American politics in the 1790s: whoever went face-to-face against Washington was destined to lose.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis